President Barack Obama, flanked by Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki, and Vice President Joe Biden, welcome the Wounded Warrior Project’s Soldier Ride to the South Lawn of the White House in celebration of the seventh annual Soldier Ride.

President Obama paid tribute Thursday to once-maimed veterans who are now racing bikes. “You inspire us,” Obama said. “You inspire the country.” The president spoke at the seventh annual Wounded Warrior Project’s Soldier Ride to the White House. The event is designed to help the injured recover and to raise awareness of the challenges they face.

Some of the bikers were so badly injured they had to re-learn “the basics,” Obama said — “how to stand again, how to walk again, how to run again.” “You inspire me with your courage, your resolve, your resilience, your tenacity, your optimism,” Obama said. “It makes me proud to be your Commander-in-Chief.”

I’m not sure we should be celebrating this. With all its faults, and there are plenty, especially with certain personalities there, msnbc is the closest Dems have to a media mouthpiece—–in fact, the only possibility, I would add. Sad but true.

What ho any TOD blog tryants around and about right now. I have a research emergency. Back in February a section of the CBO’s report re the ACA talked about an equivalent reduction in the labor/hours work force and no surprise the Repugs erroneously jumped all over it, taking it out of context saying that Obamacare would cost 2.5 million jobs and was a job killer. There were all kinds of articles that came out after that I thought TOD front paged including a statement from the CBO that refuted all that nonsense, but I can’t find which day it was on TOD. Can one of you lovely BT’s point me to the day or posts?? I’m reviewing a seminar presentation for a staff member that is quoting this nonsense and I need to find the articles so I can make them re-write this portion accurately. Any links to the TOD archived posts would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks UT! (or NW :smile:). I did find this FAQ on teh Google which was also very helpful. But I just knew you or Miz Chips had posted alot of corroborating articles/ posts on TOD as well around the time the report came out. THANK YOU!!! Loaded for bear now because of you and Hf2. What’s the expression? I’m about to go full HAM on my staff’s seminar presentation. TOD ROCKS!!!

Oh my…..a president who cherishes Gabriel Garcia Marquez! I loved teaching his stories to college sophomores, and they loved his works. “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” is a story never to be forgotten…..and will take you away from the mundane world.

Can any of you imagine any other president being able to write this message on the death of this gifted writer???? NO!!!

I tuned in Alycee in time to see Mitch mcConnell ad using Allison Grimes’ “We’ll fix obamacare” message.
Allison better get a clue real fast and come out full-throated for ACA standing next to Gov. Beshear.

Chips, this press conference was so satisfying I think I will just put it on a continuous loop for the rest of the evening. It reminds me so much of the shellacking at the GOP House Issues Conference in Baltimore, MD back in January 2010. Only this time the audience was the jackals getting a steady stream of truth.

President Obama Takes Questions at GOP House Issues Conference – January 29, 2010

“It reminds me so much of the shellacking at the GOP House Issues Conference in Baltimore”

Ladyhawke, that is EXACTLY what I thought of today! And the very fact that there were so few questions about the ACA was proof positive that is a roaring success. And PBO let ’em know it. Damn it, love the bones of the fella!

She is absolutely pathetic. We have been on a steady downhill climb in governors since Frank Keating. Mary Fallin…..called Mattress Mary when she was lieutenant governor, for obvious reasons, somehow has a hold on the electorate, and will get re-elected, in spite of this stupidity, and refusing to take the Medicaid money. We have thousands of people in desperate need of health care, but she is obliviously and paid off by big money. She is totally controlled by Koch money.

Shonda Rhimes has been teasing us, saying throw out everything you think is going to happen because it’s not. Then the cast has been saying that the finale is like a reboot of Scandal which means season 4 is going to be insane!!!!

Shonda has already begun writing season 4 and she never begins this quickly. She held a Q&A session on Twitter and I’m girding my loins for tonight and season 4.